The troubles of the big people in the court have nothing to do with Xia Wen, who came to the emperor's capital to prepare for the spring festival, this year, Xia Wen had a very lively time, the men opened a table outside, Zhao Changqing accompanied Mr. Su to sit in the back room, and called two singing ladies to sing music to help the fun.

When the time came, the men set off fireworks and firecrackers representing "high ascension", and after a few words of laughter, they went back to their respective rooms to rest.

In front of him, the girl was holding the lantern of Mingwa to light the way, Xia Wen held Zhao Changqing's hand, with a slight smell of wine, and said, "I don't know what my father and mother are doing at this time?" ”

Zhao Changqing said, "You must be talking about us like this." ”

Xia Wen smiled, "It's the same." ”

After the New Year, the spring festival seems to be coming in an instant, Zhao Changqing and Mr. Su have already prepared all the tools for the spring festival, and on the day of the big exam, the two of them are ready to send the exam. Xia Wen rinsed his mouth and said, "I'm with Brother Ning and them, and I won't lose it, so I don't need to send it, you and Mr. Haosheng stay at home." At this time, the fourth watch has just passed, and it is cold outside. The gentleman has an age, so don't catch the wind. ”

"Just put on a few extra clothes." Zhao Changqing handed him a handkerchief and said, "People who are not strong when they walk, I really can't rest assured if I don't send you over." Okay, maybe it's this one chance in a lifetime, and you can tell me to experience it too. ”

Xia Wen smiled, "Who said that there is a chance once in a lifetime, Xia Wu and Changyu will definitely have the imperial examination in the future." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled and straightened the collar for Xia Wenli, "I'll give you this chance." ”

Xia Wen smiled, "It's a bit stressful." ”

"For those who have been doctors, what kind of pressure is this." Zhao Changqing said, "When prescribing medicine, if you make a mistake, it may kill you, and that's called pressure." ”

Xia Wen wanted to say a few more words, but when he heard Zhao Changning calling him in the courtyard, he responded and took Zhao Changqing out. Zhao Changning urged, "Brother-in-law, hurry up!" Let's go early and get a good seat. ”

Xia Wen smiled, "Your sister sent us there." ”

Zhao Changning teased, "Don't take me with you, I'm just adding my head, by the way." ”

Xia Wen laughed and didn't delay, "Let's go." ”

On the first day, they had to queue up to check and divide the examination room, so the group got up one after another on the fourth watch, and rushed to the Gongyuan to line up with the examination box after breakfast. In order to avoid cheating, the imperial examination cannot wear a jacket or cotton, and can only wear single clothes. Now in February, the spring is cold, and all the lifters are three layers of single clothes inside and three layers outside, one by one. When it was time to line up, the test boxes could only be carried by themselves, and they were a little shrunk in the morning breeze one by one. Zhao Changqing looked at it in the car and wanted to laugh, and said, "This dragon gate is really not easy to jump." ”

Mr. Su was holding a copper hand stove in his hand, surrounded by a big wool coat, and he didn't even look outside, and the glass tassel lamp hanging on the wall of the car reflected Mr. Su's shallow smile, "If it's a good leap, it's not a dragon gate." ”

There were people in front, Mr. Zhao Changqing Su came early, and the carriage occupied a good seat, and as the lifters came more and more, only the heads were seen through the car window. Zhao Changqing sat back in the car and said, "No one can see it." ”

Mr. Su smiled, "These few people, if they don't see each other one day, what's so good about it." Wait a while to see the show. ”

"What's the show?"

Mr. Su sold a pass, "I'll know in a moment." ”

Zhao Changqing didn't ask.

For a while, the chief examiner and the invigilator came with a bang and a drum, Zhao Changqing couldn't help but open the curtain of the car and take a look out, the people who can be the examiner invigilator are basically officials of some grades in the court, and the relative age is not young, Lin Sui is sitting on horseback in a dark coat, with a faint solemnity on his handsome face, he really stands out from the crowd, and he is very magnificent. Not only did Zhao Changqing see Lin Sui at a glance, but most people looked up, and the first thing they saw was Lin Sui, which was too dazzling.

Zhao Changqing said, "This is the director of the Supervision Department." ”

Mr. Su also leaned over to take a look and nodded, "Zhengsanpin Peacock Supplement, that's it." ”

Zhao Changqing suddenly became curious and asked, "Mr. often said that Song Houye was called 'Jade Man' when he was young, according to Mr., is Song Houye handsome, or is this Lin Master handsome?" ”

Mr. Su said, "Lord Lin is beautiful, but he is too feminine." If you want me to say, it's not as good as when Marquis Song was young. ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "I really don't know how to describe the birth of Marquis Song?" ”

Mr. Su thought for a while and said, "If you want me to say, it is somewhat similar to Xiao Ji's account room, but if you really compare it carefully, Xiao Ji's account room is still inferior to Song Houye." ”

The master and apprentice discussed the beautiful men of the imperial capital in the car, and Zhao Changqing faintly felt funny, in her previous life, she didn't dare to look at a man when she went out, and she was disgusting and timid, but now she can talk about the beautiful men of the imperial capital generously.

The chief examiner presided over the sacrifice of ghosts and gods from all walks of life, and sacrificed to the saint Kong, and then opened the gate of the tribute courtyard. At this time, the originally noisy queue became much quieter. The personnel of the Supervision Department of the brigade advanced to the Gongyuan, and even the people who inspected the door were all members of the Supervision Department.

Zhao Changqing couldn't see the situation in front of her, but it didn't prevent her from being frightened. Once caught cheating, not only will it be difficult to protect the reputation of the person, but also the qualification for the imperial examination for a lifetime will be gone, so the arrested people will all cry and beg, or cry out for wrong. All of this is just stuffing walnuts in your mouth and directly leaning on the side of the road to show the public. Zhao Changqing sighed, "I'd rather fail the test, but I still have a lifting background." Once caught, there's nothing left. ”

"How do you know a man's ambition for power?" Mr. Su did not have the slightest sympathy, and said, "Once you are not caught, the future of your life will be proper." ”

Dozens of people were also arrested at this level, and by the time the morning sun was rising in the east, the long procession of lifting people had finally all entered. Outside the Tribute Courtyard, a row of cheaters stood in shackles, and the rest of the people who sent them to the exam dispersed with a tired face. Zhao Changqing said, "Sir, let's go back too." ”

"Wait a little longer."

The master and apprentice waited outside for more than half an hour, and then more than a dozen people were locked out in disheveled clothes, and Mr. Su said, "These are all written on their bodies." ”

Zhao Changqing was amazed, and later Xia Wen came out of the examination room to know that entering the door was only the first inspection, and after entering, he had to strip naked and check again...... All kinds of tricks are speechless.

Mr. Su said, "Go back." ”

Mr. Su and Zhao Changqing lived quite leisurely, and they were not as worried as other exam-sending families, but they also sent Ping An out to guard the gate of the Gongyuan and listen to some new things to have fun.

Ping'an said that it was divine, "Now not even a bird is allowed to fly into the top of the Gongyuan." ”

Zhao Changqing asked, "Why is that?" ”

Ping'an said, "Now that the questions are out, I'm afraid that someone will use carrier pigeons to send letters to cheat." ”

"Will there ever be such a thing?"

"Shoot several of them."

Zhao Changqing opened his eyes and asked Mr. Su for advice, "Sir, was it the same in the past?" ”

Mr. Su asked rhetorically, "What do you say?" ”

Zhao Changqing was already a smart person, thought for a moment, and said, "I just don't know if there were many cheating tricks found in previous years like this year." ”

Mr. Su smiled, "Do you think this imperial examination is nothing more than that?" ”

Zhao Changqing said, "I knew it when I was raised in early autumn, it was A-Ning who was a Xiucai, and my father also took him to visit the prefect. Who doesn't go to the door when there is a way in the autumn, but I don't know so much cheating. ”

Mr. Su said, "That's because they didn't meet the Supervision Department." ”

Zhao Changqing muttered, "Since September last year, the Supervision Department has arrested those lifters and not released any of them before the Spring Festival. The words from outside are not very popular. Now in the spring, the Supervision Department is so iron-faced, it is clear that it wants to slap the civil officials in the face. ”

Mr. Su smiled, "Those who were searched and found out were just lifters, not officials." ”

Zhao Changqing said, "Even this method of flying carrier pigeons in the middle of the night can be used, maybe there are some incredible and strange things." I don't believe it, the invigilators in the examination room are all iron-faced and selfless, if there is any handle in the hands of the Supervision Department, will the Supervision Department follow their own interests? Zhao Changqing sighed, "I can see it, there is no difference between the affairs of the court and the affairs of the family, and it is not good to say that His Majesty wants to have a different sign between the supervision department and the civil officials." ”

"There's something to be said about that, but you shouldn't say it." Mr. Su corrected Zhao Changqing and said, "The emperor gave the Supervision Department the status and rights independent of the Six Ministries and Nine Secretaries, and as long as the Supervision Department has His Majesty in his heart, he can be worthy of His Majesty's trust and love." The imperial examination was originally a great ceremony for the imperial court, and the capable went up, and the mediocre went down, if they became a tool for individual people to engage in fraud and cultivate party henchmen, where would they be placed? ”

Mr. Su smiled, "If you want to speak like this in the future, it is a fair, righteous and righteous truth." ”

Zhao Changqing was simply convinced, and said seriously, "Sir, I admired you before, and now I admire you even more." ”

Mr. Su said indifferently, "I just lived a few decades longer than you, even if I don't call you, at my age, you can understand." ”

"That's not necessarily, sir sue me, I can understand. Otherwise, it's like a layer of window paper, if you can't break it, you will always feel blurry. Zhao Changqing can understand, it's not that she was born smart or anything, the main thing is that she has done business, and now she is presiding over the feed, and over the years, she has also understood some of the world's sensibility. The truth of the world is actually much the same. When I had never been in contact with politics, I only felt that the mountains looked up, and when I really analyzed it, I realized that the power struggle between the DPRK and China was no different from the ordinary two shrews scolding the street. The only difference is that those who can come out in the court are extremely smart guys, and their battles are naturally a hundred times more complicated.

Under the guidance of Mr. Su, Zhao Changqing has some understanding of politics, and she deeply believes that people sometimes really need some luck. Like all the people who did not have a backstage this time, because of the confrontation between the Supervision Department and the civil service, they had unprecedented luck: because they were facing a relatively fair spring.

In spring and February, the flowers and trees in the courtyard begin to dye green and sprout. The weather is warmer, and all the daffodils in the house will wither in spring, and the spring flowers outside are as brilliant as this vigorous spring festival.

After nine days of exams in the Gongyuan, I don't know how the article was for the time being, but everyone was tested with a bad smell. After Xia Wen and the others were taken home, the first thing was to bathe, and the second thing was to eat, eat and drink enough to cover their heads and sleep, Xia Wen slept the least, and slept for twelve hours, such as Zhao Changning, until the morning of the third day.

Zhao Changqing smiled, "It's a shame that there is no shortage of doctors in our family, and there is no sleep disease in this world, how do you feel?" ”

Zhao Changning said, "Hungry, Yongshou doesn't let me eat enough." ”

"After sleeping for such a long time, you can't eat too much, drink some rice porridge first to let your stomach get used to it, and eat light for two days to get into the meat." Zhao Changqing asked him, "Is the topic difficult?" ”

Zhao Changning also passed the exam, and said, "It's not too difficult, anyway, I wrote it all." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "That's good." ”

Zhao Changning clasped his hands together, "The Bodhisattva bless me once, but I don't want to die for the second time." ”

Zhao Changqing: ......

Or asked her brother, "What's the matter, it's so painful to take the exam for nine days?" "Her family is from an ordinary background, and Zhao Changning has never been a pampered person, so she won't even be able to endure this bit of hardship.

Zhao Changning is young, and the first time he suffered a spring, it was nothing, coupled with his straightforward temperament, his heart was very good. Zhao Changning sighed again and again, and quietly said to his sister, "The exam is nothing?" It's nothing more than making a fuss. Even if I was bored in Kaugli for nine days, I was bored too. It's the entrance inspection...... It's really not human. "His sister only knows that when she enters the Tribute Courtyard, she has to take off her clothes and check it once, oh my God, Zhao Changning has grown insight, it is common to write on his arms and chests, and he also writes on his thighs, and besides, some people hide the cheat sheet in an indecent place and are found out, Zhao Changning never wants to recall those hard search processes in his life. Of course, he hadn't been searched like that. If you really want to search like that, I believe that most of the people would rather crash to death in front of the spirit card of Sage Kong, which is really insulting. Stripping examination is the bottom limit, Zhao Changning is glad that he was born well, and he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his stature is also heroic, even if he meets a group of people naked, he can also see people. It's just that I don't know how the eyes of those guys in the Supervision Department are trained, and they take it off, but they can find out if there is a problem.

Zhao Changning is old, and he doesn't seem to have told his sister everything when he was a child, he said ominously, "Our session is the most stringent spring festival." ”

Zhao Changqing said, "It's fair to you to be strict in the search." ”

Zhao Changning also knew this truth, but he was still very untenable, and said, "I heard that the Bodhisattva of Xishan Temple is the most spiritual, and I have to go to worship Ming'er, and ask the Bodhisattva to bless me with a master." Zhao Changning ran out and asked someone to worship the Bodhisattva together.

Zhao Changning originally wanted to go with Liguo, who worshiped the Bodhisattvas in the imperial capital last year, and was more familiar with the Bodhisattvas, so it was easy to talk when acquaintances met. Liguo was about to wait for his brother these days, and he didn't have any intention to worship the Bodhisattva, Zhao Changning said, "Brother Lizi is so adult, can he still lose it?" ”

Liguo is determined, "This two days will come." ”

Zhao Changning grew up with Liguo since childhood, and said, "When I left last year, didn't Brother Lizi say that he would come to the exam?" He must be busy with business, so don't worry about delaying it for a few days. ”

Liguo said slowly, "It's not necessarily that he is busy with business, he is deliberately late." ”

Zhao Changning didn't understand, "What did you say?" ”

Pear was clear about his brother's careful eyes, and sighed, "He must feel that if he doesn't come before the spring festival, I will be more pressured and will be able to do better in the exam." ”

Zhao Changning was speechless and asked, "Is there still this relationship?" ”

Liguo took the book and slowly turned a page, helpless to his brother's strange cautious eyes, "My brother thinks there is." ”

Liguo, this kid, is slow by himself, but his heart is very clear, and his understanding of his brother is almost in the bones. On the second day, the pears were all splendid, and the spring breeze was pinch the day.

First of all, he divided all the letters from each family, and after greeting them with everyone, he went to rest in the house. The pear's house had been cleaned up a long time ago, and it was next door to the pear. Lizi didn't go to his own house, he went to his brother's room, sat down in the old elm Taishi chair in front of his brother's desk by the window, and asked his brother with a smile, "How is the article doing?" ”

Liguo looked honest and sighed, "Brother, you clearly said last year that I came before the exam, I was thinking about you before the exam, you never came, I was still worried about whether you had an accident on the way, and when I arrived at the Gongyuan, I was thinking about you, and I don't know what to do." ”

When Pear heard this, she almost fainted, slapped her thigh and shouted, "You stupid! I'm a big living person, what can happen! What do you think of me? I always think about these useless things, how can I do well in the exam! ”

Liguo squinted at his brother and said, "Then you won't come earlier." ”

Lizi wanted to put a little pressure on his brother and let him do better in the exam, but he never wanted to share his brother's heart. The pear was heart-wrenching and breathing, "I want to know that you have no energy, and you have to fly!" ”

"The year before last, there was a lifter, but he didn't do well in the exam, and the family chattered endlessly, so the lifter went directly to Xishan, found a crooked-necked old locust tree and hanged it, do you want to force me to hang myself." Liguo complained, "I've missed you for half a year, and I didn't have two good words when I came." ”

The pear remembered that the reader's heart was delicate, and he couldn't stand the pressure, and he didn't want his brother to be among them. Seeing that his brother had said cruel words, Lizi really didn't dare to say anything heavy, and hurriedly said, "Bah, bah! This bad luck! What's wrong with failing the test! Our family is also rich now, and you are now a man, what are you afraid of! Don't you think about it! Regardless of his tiredness, he hurriedly greeted his brother and warmed up, for fear that his brother would not be able to go to the old crooked neck tree.

Liguo still picked it up and said, "Then if I can't pass the Jinshi exam, brother, you won't dislike me, right?" ”

Lizi swore an oath, "Look at what you said, I have a brother who lifts people as my brother, where can I dislike it?" When I talk to others, my face shines! ”

"Really?" Liguo looked suspicious.

The pear patted her chest as a guarantee, "A thousand true!" 10,000 true! ”

Liguo said again, "I always feel weird in the past two days, when you are rested, brother, let's take a good look at the imperial capital." "Last year, his brother was not only busy with business, but also busy worshipping Buddha, and he never went to a good place in the imperial capital. Liguo has lived for more than half a year, knows some places with good scenery, and wants to take his brother around.

Pear blurted out, "Where do I have time-" Facing his brother's melancholy little eyes, Pear hurriedly changed his words, "Free and free, I have nothing to do, where do you think it is good, let's go shopping." ”

Liguo was still puzzled and confided in his brother, "Brother, it's not strange for you to say it." When you weren't here, I wasn't lazy or energetic. As soon as you came, I was in some spirits. ”

Pear couldn't help hugging his brother, an old heart softened into a pool of spring water, and said, "My fruit misses my brother." ”

"Yes." Liguo nodded and asked, "Brother, do you want me to do it?" ”

Lizi rarely confessed her feelings, and was categorical, "I want to!" ”

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